Public access to policing data for England and Wales.
Crime in BT23 8
The BT23 8 postcode sector, in the BT (Belfast) postcode area, with most records published by Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Updated October 2026.
Police published 248 street-crime records for BT23 8 from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 15.1% fewer than in the 12 months before. Police locations are approximate.
September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.
Street-crime records
248
Share of BT23
7.4%
Year-on-year
-15.1%
BT23 8 holds 7.4% of the 3,345 records assigned to BT23 in the same window.
Month-by-month totals
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Month
Street-crime records
September 2025
24
October 2025
22
November 2025
27
December 2025
18
January 2026
10
February 2026
9
March 2026
20
April 2026
26
May 2026
26
June 2026
27
July 2026
22
August 2026
17
Street-crime records per 1,000 residents
Northern Ireland runs its own census, which is not loaded here, so no rate is shown.
Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.
Category mix compared
Each column is a share of that area's own records in the same window, so areas of different sizes compare fairly. Force: Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Category
BT23 8
BT23
Force
Violence and sexual offences
42.7%
38.4%
31.5%
Anti-social behaviour
27.0%
32.1%
32.8%
Criminal damage and arson
10.9%
9.2%
9.7%
Shoplifting
7.7%
5.0%
6.2%
Other theft
3.6%
4.2%
5.8%
Drugs
2.8%
5.0%
5.6%
Burglary
1.6%
1.2%
1.9%
Public order
1.6%
1.2%
0.7%
Year by year
Calendar-year totals for BT23 8 (December 2013 to August 2026).
Year
Street-crime records
2021
331
2022
251
2023
279
2024
269
2025
291
2026 (part year)
157
Limits to keep in mind
Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to a sector by its nearest postcode. A sector is small, so counts near its edges are indicative.
These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
This page updates as new months are published, so a citation needs the months shown and the date you read it. One click selects the whole citation. The CSV holds this page's monthly and category figures for BT23 8 postcode sector, with the same source and months.